I would guess the use rule is only to stop two year olds having a bag limit.
Seems a bit silly since if you have really young kids on board your not likely to catch a bag limit in any case.
Most seven year olds would be better fishermen than me so age doesn't really come in to it much I would say.
(Using Tapatalk on iPhone so can't easily 'thank' or 'like'.)
They should clarify the situation. It is rorting the system if some bogan drags his Missus and newborn out in the Tinny so that he can plunder a few more fish or Crabs. On the other hand I have seen three year olds heavily involved in fishing and Crabbing. They can't handle the processes by themselves but are active participants. I would imagine these kids pass the test for using the apparatus
A Proud Member of
"The Rebel Alliance"
i take my 4 yr old son (nearly 5) Bailey crabbing with me because he LOVES IT. If i take him i usually take my 4 pots plus an extra 1 or 2 for Bailey to use because he likes having 'his pots' so when he catches crabs they are 'his crabs' , not mine! i was pulled up by fisheries about 6 months ago they asked to see my gear. I had my surname only on all 6 pots as the rules only instruct to have surname, and also phone number and boat rego and they were fine with that.
totally agree. i don't like rorting either but think any type of proficiency test would be too subjective and open to challenge. by the time it goes to court, junior is more proficient than dad as he has been training daily for months nowOriginally Posted by Horse
. they would be difficult cases for fq to win and i think they have accepted that and taken the easy way out by removing the age limit.
fishing's as simple as 3 P's - patience, perserverance and PLASTIC!
I did do a bit of a search on this but as you have seen the info is a bit scarse. I have put my nine year old daughters name on some pots as she loves catching crabs, and will sort it out with the fishos if the situation arises. Maybe then they can clarify it for me then, as they write the ticket out i'm sure. Cheers for all the posts but it seems it is pretty vauge to more people then just me.
no age limit at all
a person is a person
over 20 weeks a foetus is a person so if your partner is pregnat over 20 weeks must be ok to have another 4 crab pots.
cant find anything about being capable of using the apparatus, just being on the vessel.
Still trying to find the legal definition of a person in australia? But am sure WA has set precendent with its foetus laws but agree that no age limit is just that... Nowhere in the legislation does it state must be able to handle the pots that is the fisheries officers personal opinion and would be easily challenged in court otherwise they would be up for discrimination against handicapped/disabled and elderly etc etc. Half the old blokes on here couldn't handle "their" pots without the young deckies help
This comes up often and ive said the same previously - http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...ght=crab+limit
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote